Happy to see this out @plosone.org together with the Tear lab at the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, KCL. How different sequoia alleles affect axonal extension and guidance in diverse ways. New insights into how this TF modulates nervous system development journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Huge result here - the idea that social platforms can be defective products that cause harm is going to send shockwaves through an industry that has claimed essentially blanket protection from liability by saying everything is speech

Amazing resource to understand & compare human, non-human primate & mouse neocortical development - via massive integration of huge numbers of transcriptomic datasets. Interesting insights into neuronal specification differentiation maturation, cross species differences and limitations of organoids!

This seafloor community, 1,073 meters (3,520 feet) beneath the Ocean surface, was filmed during the #ArgentinianDeepSeeps expedition. Scientists were searching for cold seeps. While exploring, they observed beautiful scenes like this and stunning biodiversity along the country’s continental shelf.

Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions. bit.ly/4v6x506

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social Sadly not real - she has been told (nicely) but hasn’t taken it down…

The image showcases the serene Sakuranosato Park in Mie Prefecture, Japan, where vibrant cherry blossoms lean over the tranquil Miyagawa River. This scenic location is celebrated by photographers for the perfect "V-shaped" reflection of the pink blooms against the surrounding evergreen mountains.

"AI cannot coexist with education. It can only degrade it."

Synchronization properties in C. elegans: Relating behavioral circuits to structural and functional neuronal connectivity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.23.713580v1

"We're living in the future." The future:

I don't know why people are talking about Harry Potter again but all I have to say on the matter is Ursula Le Guin wrote a far better series of novels on the subject of a boy wizard, decades prior, which Rowling adapted without attribution

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science. @drkatemarvel.bsky.social joins 95,000 people leaving Federal science agencies. Story by @eniiler.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4butGQU

This is really cool!

Or the narrower version: They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

It's odd. People *want* it to be true, I suspect because they see it as a counter to genetic determinism. Other, legitimate and data-based, counters are available and always have been.

Yes, it always intrigues me how so many people (not necessarily RIskin, a good historian) seem to WANT inherited epigenetics to be true. I think they are desperately looking for escapes from genetic determinism..when human genetics, well understood, provides its own escape from genetic determinism.

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

Grad programs are taking fractions of the students we were accepting 2 years ago, thanks to the annihilation of American science funding. Inspire kids all you want, the Republicans are doing their best to ensure that there are no pathways for them.

Interesting thing about the graph is right at the beginning, where his disapproval numbers shot up by 10% in less than a month. Real "oh my god what have we done" energy.

We need to bring back the ideal of masculinity focused on quiet self-sacrifice for the sake of others. Alpha shit is for losers. Be a man and humbly forgo the shit you want for years so you can provide for your family, you indulgent little wuss

I enjoyed this, except for the discussion about transgenerational epigenetics, which was presented as something "we know happens" as if there were widespread evidence for it across many species. (It COULD happen, perhaps, and it COULD be ubiquitous, but so far the evidence is limited)

The last of the three pioneers of great ape studies has died. Galdikas, Fossey, and Goodall dedicated their lives to understanding the lives of these extraordinary creatures.

Great piece. Legalized gambling is always and everywhere class war.

New paper from @aial.ie! @harshp.com, Dick Blankvoort, Adel Shaaban, @sashamtl.bsky.social & me We analysed 6 GenAI ToS--finding missing info, major power imbalances & user obligations that are impossible to meet without violating the terms arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964 & aial.ie/research/ter... 1/

The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place this Wednesday on Zoom ! Hugh Desmond will talk about agency and cognitive capacities! More info on how to join us here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...

Super interesting - certainly if dopamine signals are multiplexed like this it could explain a lot. Also, really cool to think of acetylcholine as the demixing signal. Such neuromodulatory interactions open so many possibilities! #neuroscience 🧪

Thrilled to share our new paper, which shows that the relative timing of cholinergic and dopamine release dynamically gates whether dopamine acts as an RPE for in vivo plasticity and reinforcement learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Surely neuroscientists could save a lot of time by asking the philosophers who can imagine exact physical duplicates of their brains for details about what they are imagining.

"US leads worldwide decline in academic freedom. Academic freedom has declined more quickly in the United States than any other country in the past year, but it is a significant contributor to a worrying global trend of continuing decline in academic freedom, according to a new report."

In #autopoiesis, the self-forming of a barrier between the #system & the outside world is required. This model has been expanded into other areas outside of Life. Technically, this requirement is a #Universal: to exist, there must be a clear demarcation between the object & "not-the-object."

Some of you saw a preview of this result at my Cosyne talk last week. We may have had too much fun working on this worm-fly model 🤣🤓🤣 (The digital sphinx may be imagery, but the lessons are real.)

New piece on the mechanics of squamous epithelial shape transition highlighting the role of tensile forces, force transmission by Dumpy & elastic resistance by the ECM in the developing wing. Terrific work from Stefan Harmansa @morphomechanics.bsky.social with Alex Erlich🍾👏: tinyurl.com/2p58b3w3

❗We are recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Associate❗ The PDRA will be based in the Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University and will investigate the #molecular and #cellular changes in #schizophrenia. Please see link 👇 tinyurl.com/32u753js

Wonderful. The tech bro's notion that DNA is "just code" is of course symptomatic of a wider problem - there's a good reason folks like that have the wrong idea. I've got a piece in the works that seeks a better answer.

Bad news for all those Tech Bros. "It was once believed that clones were identical to the original, but it has become clear through this study that mutations occur at a rate three times higher than in offspring born through natural mating." shorturl.at/DMQuY

Octopus playing Now You See Me, Now You Don't: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

📢 @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off book preorders from today through March 26th, including my forthcoming The Organism–Environment Pairing! (@mitpress.bsky.social) 📗👇 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-organi... If you were thinking about getting a copy, now is the perfect time! #HPS #booksky🐋🌱

Known for being one of the most colourful sea creatures, they have bright, iridescent bodies with cerata (finger-like projections) that enhance their appearance and act as gills! 🌈 📸@guy_heath_ Olympus TG6 @therockpoolproject #rainbowseaslug #nudibranch #seaslug #rockpooling #cornwall

These studies were dubious enough to begin with, even without dodgy "data"...

* 2015-2025 was the hottest 11 years on record * Earth’s energy imbalance is the highest in 65-year record * The ocean has been absorbing about eighteen times the annual human energy use each year for the past two decades Probably fine.

Have you ever wondered why mice do what they do when they are free to do whatever they want? Check out our latest (and this slightly delayed thread about our recent paper, led by Caleb Weinreb and friends...) www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Sora being killed and Meta losing bad in court, all in one day? Nature is healing.

“I shall send off the manuscript today or Monday. It is an extremely poor affair; I must say something & have nothing worth saying. Lock it up carefully, I hate it to that extent it would break my heart to write it again.” Charles Darwin captures the joy of academia in a letter to his daughter, 1871

🧵 New preprint led by @bingbrunton.bsky.social, @elliottabe.bsky.social, @lawrencehu.bsky.social We gave a worm brain control of a fly body and it walked What did we learn? Nothing, other than deep reinforcement learning is effective We call it the digital sphinx www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

This is Stan. He is the guardian of the stairs. It's his first day and he's a little nervous. Really hoping you don't try to pass. 12/10 (TT: stanthehotdawg)

Stop informing me of weird shit RFK Jr has done or does. I don't want to know any more about that leathery freak

Oh this is awesome! 🤓

As I’ve often said since, a Trump presidency didn’t start to seem possible to me until the UK’s Brexit vote. If the UK could do that…

Once again, “inevitable” only happens if we let it. Get fucked, shitbag